Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine

SAPOT Clinical Trial: Treatment in pregnancy to prevent malaria (Old ID 30066)
Melanie Koinari
01 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
The project aims to provide the Papua New Guinea National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and WHO wit...
Allocative efficiency modelling to support National TB programs (Old ID 25074)
Emma McBryde
01 Dec 2017 - 30 Nov 2021
Tuberculosis (TB) has now been unequivocally identified as the world's leading infectious killer, wi...
System-based approaches to inform the design of vaccines and biologics against complex pathogens (Old ID 25110)
Denise Doolan
01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
The development of effective interventions against malaria and other chronic infectious diseases is ...
Towards elimination of tuberculosis (Old ID 27175)
Andreas Kupz
01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
Tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease, and approximately one third of the...
Role of liver fluke granulin in cholangiocarcinogenesis (Old ID 19534)
Alex Loukas
01 Jan 2012 - 31 Jul 2018
Long term infection with liver fluke - a food-borne parasitic worm -leads to cholangiocarcinoma (CCA...
Defining immunodominance in a complex host-pathogen system. (Old ID 22489)
Denise Doolan
01 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2018
Immunodominance is the phenomenon whereby pathogen-specific immune responses do not target the full ...
Principal Research Fellowship #1023636 (Old ID 22478)
Denise Doolan
01 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2017
Vaccine development against malaria and other complex diseases remains a challenge for the scientifi...
Next-generation therapeutics inspired by parasitic helminths. (Old ID 27418)
Alex Loukas
01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2026
This project utilises helminth secretomes to develop: (i) anti-helminth vaccines; (ii) diagnostics f...
Finally new tools are available to combat drug resistant tuberculosis, but how do we make them work? Models to determine effective implementation strategies in Australia and our region (Old ID 27632)
Emma McBryde
01 Jan 2022 - 22 Jan 2026
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) is a growing concern which may make TB elimination imposs...
Tropical Disease - immunity, pathogenesis and vaccine development: global translation. (Old ID 22490)
Denise Doolan
01 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2017
Malaria, helminths and streptococci are poorly controlled and neglected pathogens of global signific...

Entomological investigations in a focus of dengue transmission in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, by using the sticky ovitraps

Spontaneous fermentation of traditional sago starch in Papua New Guinea

Role for MyD88, TLR2 and TLR9 but not TLR1, TLR4 or TLR6 in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Immature murine NKT cells pass through a stage of developmentally programmed innate IL-4 secretion

Impact of metal ion homeostasis of genetically modified Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 and K12 (W3110) strains on colonization properties in the murine intestinal tract

Colonization resistance against genetically modified Escherichia coli K12 (W3110) strains is abrogated following broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment and acute ileitis

Contribution of Thy1+ NK cells to protective IFN-γ production during Salmonella Typhimurium infections

Salmonella typhimurium's transthyretin-like protein is a host-specific factor important in fecal survival in chickens

Different bacterial pathogens, different strategies, yet the aim is the same: evasion of intestinal dendritic cell recognition

NLRC4 inflammasomes in dendritic cells regulate noncognate effector function by memory CD8⁺ T cells

Title: Small fish, small pond: The reality of biomedical early career research in regional Australia
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: Newman College tours of AITHM labs, the Herbarium
Reseracher: Harindra Sathkumara Mudiyanselage (Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Title: Diplom Biologe (equivalent to MSc), Humboldt University
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2001
End Date: 01 Jan 2006
Title: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2008
End Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Graduate Certificate in Advanced Learning and Leadership (GCALL), University of Melbourne
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2010
End Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Graduate Certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2015
End Date: 01 Jan 2016
Title: The Bridge Program, Queensland University of Technology
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
End Date: 01 Jan 2018
Title: 13x radio interviews , 13x radio interviews across various outlets
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Title: 15x TV interviews, 15x TV interviews across various aoutlets
Reseracher: Andreas Kupz (Professorial Research Fellow)
Title: Roll Back Malaria Partnership Vector Control Working Group
Reseracher: Tessa Knox (Principal Research Fellow)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024